Kimberly Luke, PhD

Dr. Kimberly Luke is an Assistant Professor in the Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts program within the Global College of Integrative Learning, Division of Foundational Studies at the University of Arizona Global Campus (UAGC). She earned her Ph.D. in History from Florida State University, an M.A. in History from Jacksonville State University in Alabama, and a B.A. in History from LaGrange College in Georgia. Her academic specialties include modern European and Middle Eastern history.

Dr. Luke served as an associate faculty member at UAGC for more than eight years in the History Department before joining the Liberal Arts program in 2022. She has taught both in traditional classrooms at Florida State University and online at Colorado Christian University, Johnson and Wales University, and UAGC. She values the “eureka moments” when concepts suddenly come into focus for students and appreciates learning from their diverse perspectives from across the country and around the world.

In addition to teaching, Dr. Luke worked at the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience at Florida State University, where she served as both archival assistant and reference specialist. Reading the letters and diaries of people from the World War II era gave her a profound appreciation for the personal impact of global conflict. She also contributed to the production of The Color of War, a thirteen-part series by IM3 Entertainment, and The Color of War: Volume II, a four-part extension. In this role, she assisted researchers by locating relevant collections, ensuring copyright compliance, and coordinating with photographers to capture images for use in the series.